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S. J. TURNER.

CIGAR LIGHTER.

No. 575,670. Patented Jan. 19, 1897;

WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES ATENT Prion.

SAMUEL J. TURNER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO HENRY J. GLASSER, CHARLES T. GLASSER, AND THOMAS P. JUMPER, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,670, dated January 19, 1897.

A li ation filed December 17, 1895- Serial No. 572,474. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: protector 11, preferably formed of wire-net- Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. TURNER, a ting, encircles the outer end of the burner citizen of the United States, residing at Minand may be secured to the burner by having neapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State its inner or rear end bent at right angles, so

of Minnesota, have invented certain new and as to be clamped against the burner by means 5 useful Improvements in Cigar-Lighters, of of a screw-nut 12. The flame-protector is prowhich the following is a specification. vided with an opening 13 at its outer end,

Myinvention relates to cigar-lighters for use also with an auxiliary opening 14 on its unin retail cigar shops and stores in which a der side near the forward end of the burner.

IO flame is kept constantly burning and which If a lighted match be held beneath the may be used by a smoker to light his cigar by burner near the opening 14, it will heat the applying such flame directly to the cigar while burner 9 and thereby generate gas from the in his mouth; and the objects of myinventiou oil within the wick 8 at the outer end of the are to devise means to utilize gasolene or simitube 7. The gas escaping through the open- I 5 lar oils to produce the flame and to provide iug 10 will be ignited from the match and the means to prevent the flame from being blown flame will be projected from the flame-proout. I attain these objects by the mechanism teeter 11 through the outer opening 13. For illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in the purpose of lighting his cigar the smoker whichwill grasp the bulb with his hand and bring 20 Figure l is a front elevation of the cigarthe flame to the end of his cigar. It will be lighter. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same noticed that the burner with its flame-prowith a portion of the bulb broken away, showteotor does not extend in a horizontal plane, ing the wick. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with but that its outer end projects slightly downthe bulb removed. Fig. 4isadetail showing ward, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. By this 25 a longitudinal central section of the burner means the burner 9 is brought slightly over and flame-protector. Fig. 5 is a detail showthe burning flame and is thereby heated so as ing a rear view of the flame-protector when to generate sufficient gas from the oil to keep removed from the burner. the flame constantly burning. The angle at Similar numerals refer to similar parts which the burner is set may be adjusted by 0 throughout the. several views. means of aset-screw 15, Fig. 2, and the greater The body 1 of the cigar-lighter is a hollow dip that is given to the burner the greater bulb which is closed at the top by means of an will be the generation of gas and the larger appropriate screw-cap 2. The neck of the bulb the flame produced, and vice versa. is surrounded by a band 3, to which arms 4 The flame of the cigar-lighter is liable to be 3 5 are adjustably attached. These arms maybe blown out by sudden puffs of air and drafts, secured to a frame 5, adapted to receive adand I therefore provide the flame-protector vertising-cards, but which forms no part of 11. The sides of the protector will protect the invention for which application is now the flame against drafts striking it in that di- -made. A suitable chain 6 will then be prorection, while if a draft of air strikes from 0 vided for suspending the whole from anypoint the front on the opening 13 the flame for the or object desired. Entering the top of the time being will be driven through the opencap 2 is a tube '7, which incloses the wick 8. ing 14 without being extinguished. By the The inner end of this wick will be immersed means described apractical, inexpensive, and in the oil which is placed in the bulb 1, while most economical cigar-lighter is produced,

5 the outer end of the wick extends to the outer the expense of operating which is much less end of the tube 7. Upon the outer end of the than where ordinary illuminating-gas is emtube 7 is fitted a burner 9. A small opening ployed. Besides it can be used in villages or 10 leads through the burner to the cavity of rural districts where there is no supply of the tube at the end of the wick, through which illuminatinggas. Likewise the large ex- 50 the gas escapes to form the flame. Afiamepense of making and maintaining connec- I00 tions with the gas-pipes for conducting illuminating'gas in cities involving plumbers bills and rubber tubing in order to conduct the gas to the proper situation for the burner is avoided.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cigar-lighter, a bulb adapted to contain oil, a tube extending therefrom, and a wick extending from the bulb through the tube, combined with a burner having a small central orifice, and into which the outer end of the wick extends, the burner being applied to the outer end of the tube and adapted to have heat applied thereto for the purpose of generating gas; and means for suspending the lighter so that the burner will be slightly over the flame, substantially as shown.

2. In a cigar-lighter, a bulb adapted to contain oil, a tube extending therefrom, and a burner applied to the outer end of the curved end of the tube, combined with a Wick which extends through the tube into the burner and a flame-protector applied to the burner, and having an opening for the escape of the flame, the burner being tilted forward so that it is slightly over the flame, substantially as described.

3. In a cigar-lighter the combination of a bulb adapted to contain oil, a burner provided with an opening adapted for the escape of gas, a wick adapted to conduct oil to the burner, a flame-protector provided with an opening adapted for the escape of the flame at its forward end and an auxiliary opening on the under side of the protector near the outer end of the burner, substantially as herein set forth.

l. In a cigar-lighter the combination of a bulb, a burner with an opening therein, a tube leading from the bulb to the burner, said tube inclosing a wick adapted to conduct oil from the bulb to the burner, a flame-protector provided with an opening adapted for the escape of the flame at its forward end, an auxiliary opening on the under side of the protector near the outer end of the burner, and means for suspending the whole, substantially as specified.

5. In a cigar-lighter the combination of a bulb, a burner provided with an opening adapted for the escape of gas, a tube leading from the bulb to the burner, said tube inclosing a wick adapted to conduct oil to the burner, a flame-protector composed of Wiregauze provided with an opening adapted for the escape of the flame from its outer end, an auxiliary opening on the under side of the protector near the outer end of the burner, and means for suspending the Whole in such manner that the burner is slightly over the flame of the lighter, substantially as herein shown and described.

(3. In a cigar-lighter, the combination of a burner with an opening therein adapted for the escape of gas, a flame-protector provided with an opening adapted for the escape of the flame at its forward end and an auxiliary opening on the under side of the protector near the outer end of the burner, and means for suspending the whole, substantially as shown and described.

SAMUEL J. TURNER. \Vitnesses:

CHAS. S. CAIRNS, C. A. BROEFFLE. 

